@incollection{Stickel2016, author = {Gerhard Stickel}, title = {Spekulationen zur Zukunft des Deutschen im europ{\"a}ischen Kontext}, series = {Sprachenpolitik und Rechtssprache}, editor = {Sandro M. Moraldo}, publisher = {Lang}, address = {Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-631-62300-8}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-53900}, pages = {11 -- 28}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Other than linguistic laymen, most linguists avoid Statements concerning the general state of a language or its future. Despite some theoretical scruples, I shall, after some assessing comments on present German, make speculations on the further development of this language. Three scenarios of possible States of the German language at the end of this Century will be sketched and discussed in comparison. These speculations are but plausible considerations based on observations of the Contemporary language. In view of the looming partial loss of domains of German and other European Standard languages, I will then discuss how the further development of German can be positively influenccd within the context of multilingual Europe.}, language = {de} }